Kolkata: The L20 bus stand at Esplanade is likely to be shifted to Curzon Park, next to the East-West Metro station, to make room for the Purple Line's Esplanade station. The relocation may happen in the next one or ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Following the Kolkata International Book Fair, the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will likewise proceed without any Bangladeshi participation. One Bangladeshi film did submit an application to KIFF but wasn't selected for competition. Nevertheless, it will be ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Following a spate of accidents involving school children, the Kolkata Traffic Police police are now planning to target parents of all the students who travel to school on two-wheelers.In addition, cops are setting up road boom barriers ...
21 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The top brass of Kolkata Police asked the traffic force to come up with localised solutions — from using expert advice and clever use of road furniture to the use of manpower on spots, like schools, busy ...
21 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The HC directed NEET authorities to consider reassessing functional competency of a candidate who appeared for NEET-UG 2024 within Nov 24 and who sought eligibility under PWD category. The counselling is scheduled to take place on Nov 25.The ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Central Park fairground at Salt Lake is set to have 23 accessibility ramps for the convenience of people with disabilities. The state govt on Wednesday approved a funding of Rs 1.7 crore to the Kolkata Metropolitan ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: In a significant and transformative improvement in procedural technology, a private hospital in Kolkata implanted an injectable pacemaker in a cardiac patient, marking a first in eastern India. An injectable pacemaker is a leadless device implanted through ...
21 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl from Chittagong in Bangladesh, who was rescued from traffickers near Belur, Howrah, and sent to a shelter home in Liluah in Dec last year, could finally return home across the international border on Wednesday. ...
21 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Multiple police units have now identified the "possible mastermind" of the tab fraud, where more than Rs 1.9 crore of govt money meant for students was siphoned off.Top sources at Bhawani Bhawan and Lalbazar said they believed Babar, ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Prodded by repeated complaints of traffic snarls on the road to the airport, Bidhannagar City Police have made multiple changes in the traffic management system on VIP Road from this week. The changes have reduced congestion at ...
21 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A hospital in Salt Lake has introduced state-of-the-art robotic-assisted spine surgery. This is the first time that a robot-assisted surgery was done in eastern India, according to HP Ghosh Hospital where the procedure was done. This cutting-edge ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: A practising chartered accountant, the mother to a nine-year-old son and a champion athlete, Kolkata's Shivani Agarwalla has now become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the prestigious international kettlebell sports world championship ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The majority of MA Bengali students whose answer scripts went missing have opted for the highest marks as an alternative offered by Calcutta University as the score of the missing paper. Of the 120 missing answer scripts, ...
21 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The majority of MA Bengali students whose answer scripts went missing have opted for the highest marks as an alternative offered by Calcutta University as the score of the missing paper. Of the 120 missing answer scripts, ...
21 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The state MGNREGA Vendors' Association has appealed to the panchayat secretary and rural development department to clear their outstanding dues, which, they claim have remained unsettled for the past three years.According to the association, there are approximately ...
21 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: City-based film producer Firdausul Hasan, who has been elected as the president of the Film Federation of India (FFI) for the third time after 2019 and 2020, is planning to vigorously promote untapped shooting destinations of India ...
21 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The nip in the air has come as a pleasant change for many but the season change has also brought with it the trouble of respiratory viral infections. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, para influenza and even coronavirus ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Easy-to-guess default passwords and editable software to upload bank accounts are among the primary reasons for the Rs 1.9 crore tab fraud scam statewide, investigators have learnt. The schools never changed the passwords, the default software did ...
20 November 2024 Times of India1234 MIDNAPORE: Workers stumbled upon an underground tunnel with a closed chamber during foundation excavation work at a house in West Midnapore's Pingla on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Rajballav area in the afternoon, drawing significant attention.District administration ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested while on the way to Murshidabad's Beldanga on Wednesday and later released on bail.The junior Union minister was stopped near Jalangi Bridge in Krishnanagar, where police requested him not to proceed ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested while on the way to Murshidabad's Beldanga on Wednesday and later released on bail.The junior Union minister was stopped near Jalangi Bridge in Krishnanagar, where police requested him not to proceed ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Riya Sardar, a specially-abled Class IX student, symbolically assumed the chair of the chief of Unicef in West Bengal on the occasion of World Children's Day on Wednesday as part of the Unicef's "Kids' Takeover" programme. She ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Tensions flared in an apartment complex in Sodepur on the northern fringes of Kolkata on Tuesday morning after a 62-year-old man allegedly attempted to molest the nine-year-old daughter of an advocate, inside the building's elevator on Monday ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: He is just 24-year-old but has specialized in a particular type of crime — stealing bicycles. He started stealing them in 2022 and in two years, he stole over two dozen bicycles. He has even set up ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: He is just 24-year-old but has specialized in a particular type of crime — stealing bicycles. He started stealing them in 2022 and in two years, he stole over two dozen bicycles. He has even set up ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The attack on councillor Sushanta Ghosh prompted the state to conduct a survey of land in large areas located off EM Bypass to reclaim encroached govt land and identify abandoned land to prevent landsharks from encroaching them. A ...
20 November 2024 Times of India123 Santiniketan: After five years, the traditional Poush Mela is set to be an eco-friendly fair at the Purba Palli fairground. Acting VC of Visva-Bharati, Binay Kumar Soren, and environmentalist Subhas Dutta discussed the NGT guidelines and how to ...
20 November 2024 Times of India123456 Santiniketan: After four years, the traditional Poush Mela will be back and is set to be an eco-friendly fair at Purba Palli ground. Acting VC of Visva-Bharati, Binay Kumar Soren, and environmentalist Subhas Dutta discussed NGT guidelines and ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The scooter that the assailants involved in the failed murder attempt on councillor Sushanta Ghosh rode last Friday was finally traced about 1.4 km from the crime spot. The cops said a four-day search led them to an ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: At least six traffic guards in the south and added areas of Kolkata have decided to form WhatsApp groups for app-based delivery agents. They will share information about traffic bottlenecks that the agents can then avoid while ...
20 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A slew of measures will be undertaken before the next monsoon for a permanent solution to prevent waterlogging along the road to the airport. Stakeholders attending a meeting at Kolkata airport decided on Tuesday that the measures ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of the seven medical students accused of perpetrating a "threat culture" at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.Justice Jay Sengupta stayed the suspension decision by the college governing ...
20 November 2024 Times of India123456 Kolkata: Jadavpur University will send a show cause notice to the assistant professor, whom mass communications MA students blamed for 50 "unchecked" answer scripts. The show-cause decision was taken at a meeting on Tuesday, when the teacher reportedly ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Bengali scientist Shantanu Bhowmik has developed a "magic composition", which resists being charred by fire or destroyed by explosions. Shaheed Udham Singh Armour, a high-impact resistance hybrid composite, withstood the force of 10 kg of TNT from ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The country's oldest Mounted Police club will house the BC Roy Market for the next three years to make way for the construction of the Purple Line's Esplanade station. Most of the 300m x 40m Esplanade station box, ...
20 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The doctor who was present during the Aug 9 inquest proceedings in the RG Kar case deposed before the Sealdah court on Tuesday — on the sixth day of the trial of the rape and murder case.During ...
20 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata/Siliguri/Malda: Kolkata Police arrested a 28-year-old teacher who taught in Chopra's Maricha Goalgacha School and was allegedly the mastermind behind the tab scam on Monday from Siliguri's Sevoke Road along with two of his aides.The accused, Dibakar Das, knew ...
19 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: One person was arrested late on Monday evening for allegedly damaging a Kolkata traffic police kiosk and obstructing policemen after he was "upset" with police who detained a man on charges of misbehaving with a lady passenger ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaCCTV grabs of the failed murder attempt on Sushanta Ghosh on Friday evening. The scooter that the criminals rode was procured only weeks before the attempt, said cops KOLKATA: The scooter that the assailants involved in the failed murder ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Around 50 Jadavpur University Mass Communication postgraduate students were awarded marks in one of their second-semester exam papers without any evaluation, a senior university official told some of the students on Monday.The students met interim JU vice-chancellor Bhaskar ...
19 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The govt office does not belong to any political party, it is public property, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday. "Any party ransacking that must be charged under appropriate sections of law," the court said. The ...
19 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The govt office does not belong to any political party, it is public property, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday. "Any party ransacking that must be charged under appropriate sections of law," the court said. The ...
19 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) on Monday got approval to receive Rs 19.5 crore funds to set up a bridge over the Suburban Head Cut Canal between GJ Khan Road and East Topsia, to improve connectivity ...
19 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Bus owners on Wednesday expressed their concern about the new proposed SOP and dismissal of the commission system. After learning about this new code of conduct, several transport organisation leaders contacted the transport minister Snehashish Chakraborty to ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Monday set a Dec deadline for drainage development projects that had started in several parts of Tollygunge, including Garia, Bansdroni, Kudghat and in some Behala neighbourhoods like Sakherbazar and vast areas between Shakuntala Park ...
19 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Sashan in North 24 Parganas on Monday saw violent clashes between the police and an irate mob over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old youth by his live-in partner.At least six police personnel, including Sashan police station ...
19 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Two post-graduate students of the Jadavpur University English department has embarked upon a project to make the campus more inclusive and disabled-friendly by creating a tactile Braille map of the university campus as a parting gift to ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Medicines with revised prices have started reaching the city market. With stocks sporting old MRP still in the market, retailers are now finding it difficult to convince buyers to go for the new ones.In Oct, prices of nearly ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Some private CCTV camera footage helped Kolkata Police to arrest one person for the murder of an unidentified person on MG Road in barely two hours from the time of crime on Sunday. However, the cops were yet ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: CBI, probing the larger conspiracy in connection to the rape and murder of the 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Hospital, on Monday claimed that the investigation was at a crucial stage and they had come across incriminating evidence ...
19 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: Uma Sen, whose poignant portrayal of Durga in Satyajit Ray's ‘Pather Panchali' still moves audiences to tears, passed away at a city nursing home on Monday aged 83. The actor, who significantly contributed to Indian cinema's global ...
19 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday reprimanded CID for submitting a report reflecting "mere table work and lip service" in a cross-border smuggling case wherein the high court had directed formation of a special task force (STF).CID senior ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday declared the abandoned factory building on Convent Road in Entally — portions of which collapsed on Sunday night claiming lives of two brothers — as hazardous and cordoned off the area.One ...
19 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Policemen on Monday banged on the prison van and honked repeatedly to foil any attempt by Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of the RG Kar doctor, to speak to those waiting outside ...
19 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A 40-year-old rickshaw puller from Atghara in Rajarhat, Nur Ali, returned five signed cheques worth Rs 15 lakh to the cops. The police later returned those to their rightful owner on Monday.Ali told the police that he ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Of the 104 MA Bengali first-semester examinees from four colleges, whose answer scripts went missing, Calcutta University handed special option forms to the college representatives on Monday to distribute them.Marks of the other four or three papers were ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: All traffic guard OCs have been asked to ensure that there is "adequate deployment" outside all schools, both when the school convenes and disperses, depending on the number of students who study there. The most important aspect, Lalbazar ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: All traffic guard OCs have been asked to ensure that there is "adequate deployment" outside all schools, both when the school convenes and disperses, depending on the number of students who study there. The most important aspect, Lalbazar ...
19 November 2024 Times of IndiaSenior officials of the defence ministry, during a two-day visit, interacted with key stakeholders in Kolkata. KOLKATA: Senior officials of the defence ministry, during a two-day visit, interacted with key stakeholders in Kolkata, including officials of Eastern Command and ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Amrut Distilleries is eyeing a bigger share of the Bengal market and is also introducing a state-specific limited edition single malt for Bengal called the ‘City of Joy Edition', which will be available in Kolkata and its ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Indian Navy will conduct its fourth Coastal Defence Exercise 'Sea Vigil-24' on Wednesday and Thursday in coastal areas of Bengal, focusing on strengthening security measures for coastal assets, including ports, oil installations, single point moorings, cable landing ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Scottish Church College has inaugurated a digital archive in collaboration with Bhaktivedanta Research Centre and one of the first books to be digitised as part of the ambitious project is a volume on philosophy dating back to ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Scottish Church College has inaugurated a digital archive in collaboration with Bhaktivedanta Research Centre and one of the first books to be digitised as part of the ambitious project is a volume on philosophy dating back to ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The first-ever study in the country to decode leopard behaviour within a tea estate area — in the Dooars — has revealed that the density of the animal was higher in the estates than in the forested areas ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The first-ever study in the country to decode leopard behaviour within a tea estate area — in the Dooars — has revealed that the density of the animal was higher in the estates than in the forested areas ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A year after it struck scores in the city, adenovirus-triggered conjunctivitis has returned to haunt Kolkatans yet again. The symptoms remain the same redness in one eye or both, eye discharge, and a stinging sensation in the eyes. ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Friday night murder attempt on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh wasn't the first one — it was the third time the same gang from Bihar plotted an attempt in five months, including once during Durga Puja, Md Afroz ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Band, baaja, baraat also means big bucks. The wedding season, which began on Nov 12 and extends to Dec 12 with a subsequent phase starting mid-Jan, is set to bring substantial economic activity, as Kolkata and surrounding areas ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The mercury dropped to 19°C in Kolkata, marking the lowest of the season so far. It gave the city an early feel of a winter chill that has been elusive in recent years. On Nov 17, 2023, for ...
18 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Railways detained a connecting train at Howrah station for a few minutes for a ‘baraat' party coming from Mumbai so that they could reach the venue in Guwahati on time, officials said.The incident took place on ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Vintage cars in Kolkata are set to receive new registration numbers and special recognisable plates, in a move aimed at preserving automotive heritage. Under updated guidelines by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), vintage cars will ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaBeldanga: The internet was shut down in Murshidabad and Jangipur police district, including in areas like Berhampore, Salar, Domkal, Jangipur and Samsherganj, and prohibitory orders were issued in some parts on Sunday after tension between two groups in Murshidabad's ...
18 November 2024 Times of India123 Malda: A teacher of a Cooch Behar primary school was arrested on Sunday by Malda police for his involvement in the tab fraud case. While total arrests have risen to 14, this is the first govt schoolteacher to ...
18 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Jewellery worth several lakhs were stolen from a house at Hatiara in Baguiati when the house owners were away for almost a week. Sandeep Kumar Gupta, the owner, said he was away at his in-laws' home in ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Jhargram: Trinamool functionary Chhatradhar Mahato returned to his native village Amliya in Lalgarh on Sunday after a special NIA court in Kolkata acquitted him and four other accused in the 2009 Rajdhani Express hostage case. Mahato, formerly convener ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Howrah: A former driver of a junior state minister, using a personal vehicle with ‘MLA' and ‘VIP' signs, was driving at breakneck speed on Howrah's Foreshore Road when he crashed into a trailer on Sunday, killing himself and ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaPortions of an abandoned factory on Convent Road in Entally collapsed late on Sunday, killing two people —security guard Shahidur Rahman and his brother, Mujibur, who had been visiting him. Police said the 100-year-old old chemical factory, which manufactured ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaPortions of an abandoned factory on Convent Road in Entally collapsed late on Sunday, killing two people —security guard Shahidur Rahman and his brother, Mujibur, who had been visiting him. Police said the 100-year-old old chemical factory, which manufactured ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Howrah: A former driver of a junior state minister, using a personal vehicle with ‘MLA' and ‘VIP' signs, was driving at breakneck speed on Howrah's Foreshore Road when he crashed into a trailer on Sunday, killing himself and ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: From mass gatherings and protest rallies to candle-light vigils, various activities marked the 100th day since the 31-year-old chest medicine PGT's rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, with different organisations keeping up the demand for ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: From mass gatherings and protest rallies to candle-light vigils, various activities marked the 100th day since the 31-year-old chest medicine PGT's rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, with different organisations keeping up the demand for ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: In a much-needed relief to the consumers, the prices of vegetables are on the decline in Kolkata's retail markets owing to a steady supply of winter produce. Though the chill is yet to set in, the seasonal ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaBeldanga: The internet was shut down in Murshidabad and Jangipur police district, including in areas like Berhampore, Salar, Domkal, Jangipur and Samsherganj, and prohibitory orders were issued in some parts on Sunday after tension between two groups in Murshidabad's ...
18 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Several city schools have advised students to wear full-sleeve shirts and long pants a little early this time due to the dip in mercury and the spread of viral infections. This year, the temperature started dipping a ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 2,000 square feet godown emerged as central to the dispute that may unravel the mystery behind the attack on Trinamool councillor and borough chairman Sushanta Ghosh, who survived a murder bid on Friday evening.Md Afroz, alias Gulzar, ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Chikungunya has been affecting vital organs like the kidney and the brain, which is unusual, say doctors in Kolkata. Complications like kidney injury and chikungunya encephalitis have been observed in many patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease over ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Chikungunya has been affecting vital organs like the kidney and the brain, which is unusual, say doctors in Kolkata. Complications like kidney injury and chikungunya encephalitis have been observed in many patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease over ...
18 November 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: Freedom for 10 hours. Thirty-one inmates of Presidency and Midnapore correctional homes were busy making the most of their parole inside the green room of the heavily guarded Rabindra Sadan on Sunday. Some were saying their lines, ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaSiliguri: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR), resumed full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri Station and Darjeeling after four months from Sunday.Services were disrupted from July 5, after the tracks were damaged by multiple landslides and cave-ins between Sukhna and Kurseong. The ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaSiliguri: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR), resumed full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri Station and Darjeeling after four months from Sunday.Services were disrupted from July 5, after the tracks were damaged by multiple landslides and cave-ins between Sukhna and Kurseong. The ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the three-day Education World Conference and felicitation ceremony organized at a hotel in Delhi, Shri Shikshayatan School received the award for one of the best day girls' schools. Shikshayatan Foundation general secretary Vinod Aggarwal and principal Sangeeta ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: An overnight traffic block was implemented on Saturday for Howrah bridge's first health audit since the Eighties. The study will continue for the next three or four months, but no further traffic block will be required, officials ...
18 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: An overnight traffic block was implemented on Saturday for Howrah bridge's first health audit since the Eighties. The study will continue for the next three or four months, but no further traffic block will be required, officials ...
18 November 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A jewellery shop owner in Mukundapur had his throat slashed while thwarting a robbery attempt by a nursing staff member of a nearby private hospital who came to the shop posing as a customer. The shop owner, however, ...
17 November 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Indian Railways made a special accommodation by briefly holding a connecting train at Howrah station to assist a 'baraat' party travelling from Mumbai, ensuring their timely arrival at their destination in Guwahati, officials said.The situation unfolded on ...
17 November 2024 Times of IndiaBoston Institute of Analytics (BIA) has opened a campus in Kolkata, marking its 107th location in India. Located on Park Street, this campus aims to meet demand for in-person training in data science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.The Kolkata campus ...
17 November 2024 Times of IndiaJALPAIGURI: The body of a teacher was found in Jaigaon in Alipurduar on Saturday, with his genitals severed and inserted in his mouth. The deceased was identified as Santabir Lama, who ran a private school.Originally from Dalsingpara, Lama shifted ...
17 November 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The mercury dipped below 20°C for the first time this season on a nippy Saturday morning in Kolkata, bringing a whiff of early winter chill. Even as the minimum temperature slid to 19.3°C, a notch below normal, ...
17 November 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The dengue count this year in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur is the second lowest in seven years. So far, 305 persons have been affected by dengue this year.The lowest cases ...
17 November 2024 Times of India123456 Kolkata: Sherwood Estate, one of the leafiest residential complexes in Narendrapur, earned the distinction of being exceptionally tree-friendly with its residents achieving the almost-impossible in this concrete jungle—combating the ‘heat island effect' during peak summer. Residents of another ...
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